Prabandha Pancakam - Five Essential Essays - English

This exceptional book, a compilation of five essays, is glorified by all those in the Gaudiya Vaisnava sampradaya for fearlessly glorifying and protecting its philosophical principles. The five topics are (1) The Sri Gaudiya Vaisnava Sampradaya and Sannyasa, (2) Pancaratrika and Bhagavata Guru-parampara, (3) The Gaudiya Sampradaya is in the Line of Madhvacarya, (4) Babaji-vesa and Siddha-pranali and (5) Eligibility to Hear Rasa-lila Katha. Each refutation is elaborately and conclusively proven with evidence from sastra.

“With folded hands, it is our earnest prayer that, after deeply and seriously studying this Prabandha-pancakam, the camaraderie within the pure sampradaya may be protected and preserved.” [Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja]

...However nowadays, as in the field of politics, we find that envy, hatred,bickering, insubordination or reluctance in the matter of accepting the guidance of senior authorities and other anomalies, have also entered the arena of dharma. In former times everyone used to deeply revere the axiom “mahajano yena gatah sa pantha” and honour the principle of anugatya, (accepting the guidance of one's respectable superiors). Due to the deteriorating influence of time, some narrow-minded modernists want to cut away at the holy thread of anugatya in the ancient parampara-system and destroy friendship between the pure sampradayas. They consider themselves important by inventing an imaginary process of bhajana and then establishing it as authentic. These people who are creating factions within the sampradaya cannot understand that by their ignoble endeavours, contrary to serving the mano 'bhista or innermost heart’s desire of Kali-yuga pavana avatari Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, they are digging up the roots of the Sri Gaudiya Vaisnava Sampradaya... 

An excerpt from the lecture entitled “Boycott The Sahajiya Babajis”: “About ten years ago I went on Vraja Mandala Parikrama with Pujyapada Janardana Maharaja. We went to Radha-Kunda, and there we challenged the babajis. We had a discussion for three hours, but no one came. I have also challenged those babajis in my book, Five Essential Essays, but no one responded. After reading that book they wanted to take us to court, and I challenged them, "Yes, we will see you in court." But they never came. Their lawyers had advised them not to go to court, as they would have lost everything.” - Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja

TITLE: Prabandha Pancakam - Five Essential Essays - English
Author: Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Goswami Maharaja
PUBLISHER: Gaudiya Vedanta Publications
ISBNs: 9781633161542 978-1-633161-54-2 1633161544 1-63316-154-4
EDITION: First, 1999
Pages: 110
SHIPPING WEIGHT: 250 grams